History of the Awards

Following her time with the Rozsa Arts Management Program (RAMP), Barbara Thorson presented her Action Learning Project at the University of Calgary on March 14, 2017. My Action Learning Project started out as a proposal to create a Policy and Procedure Manual for Cowtown Opera. However, immediate concerns for lack of space in my home and garage (where Cowtown Opera had resided for the past six years), led me to begin the search for a new location. The challenge would be to

In political speeches and over cocktails at receptions, there is often talk of Calgary shedding its brand as an “oil and cowboy” town and achieving our “potential”. One can assume this means putting an end to the “yogurt joke” forever. For those of us close to the cultural sector, we are pleased to report that this is no longer some sort of elusive goal out there on the horizon. Our city is so far past that now, it’s hard to remember a time when that joke was clever. Calgary

Image credit: Tim Nguyen, Citrus Photography It’s interesting to step back and remember where an idea took root. In 2013-14, I took part in the Rozsa Arts Management Program (RAMP) offered through the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business. The highlight of the program for me was working on a season-long Applied Learning Project, for which I focused on ways to remove barriers to attending theatre. Carving out time away from the day-to-day business of running our

The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra offers a series of three different concert experiences for elementary school children. I attended the “Orchestra Rocks” concert on April 21st. The content for this concert was created through the Carnegie Link Up program, and was designed to have students sing or play the recorder from their seats in the audience. And, they did just that! Held at the new Bella Concert Hall, groups from six different schools as well as home-schooled children,